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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i e. M. rEfrEEs, JE., or GEANVILLEOHIQ IMPROVEMENT IN HARVESTERS..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 69,018, dated September 1'1",.1867...`

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, G. M. PETERS, Jr., of Granville, in the county of Licking and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Harvesting-lvlachine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a plan or top view of my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line a' w, Fig. l; Fig. 3, Sheet No. 2, a side sectional view of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a longitudinal section of a portion of the same, taken in the line z z, Fig. 1.

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This invention relates to a new and improved harvesting-machine designed for general purposes-to wit, the cutting of grass or grain and standing corn-stalks.

The invention consists in a novel and improved construction of the frame of the machine, arran gement of the drivers seat, cutting device, Src., as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the device is rendered capa ble of operating perfectly in cutting all standing crops.

A represents an axle, having a Wheel, B, keyed or otherwise secured on each end of it; and C is a small metallic frame, which is fitted loosely on the axle A, extending back from it, asshown clearly in Fig. 1, and having a shaft, a', placed transversely in it, and which is rotated from one of the Wheels B by gears b, the gear on the shaft a being connected and disconnected with the shaft bymeans of a clutch actuated by a lever, D, which is attached to a lever, E, the `fulcrum-pin of the latter passing through one of the standards of a platform, F, over the axle A.

The shaft a communicates motion by means of gears c to a longitudinal shaft, d, in the frame c, the shaft d having a crank-Wheel, e, on its rear end. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

The platform F is supported on the axle A by two standards, f, the axle passing loosely through the latter, and the drivers seat G is shaft d by a connecting-rod, o. (Shown clearly supported by this platfor on elastic bars g g.

H represents the grain-platform frame of lthe device, which is of rectangular` form,fandlis connected at one end to the lrearendof the s small metallic frame G by a universal jointt,

and connected to one end` of the axle Aby a" bar, li, the latter fitting loosely on the axle; (See Fig. l.) 1 s On the platform-frame H there are two en less aprons or carriers, I J, the former, I,Jha ing a position parallel with` the front and rea of the frame H,and the latter, J, having a p sition at right angles with I, so `as `to receive the cut grain'or stalks `fromit and discharge` them upon the ground. The` apron or carrie J is operated from` a shaft, K, by gears Z fro a shaft, fm., having a crank-wheel, n, upon i which is driven from the crank-Wheel e of` in Fig. l.) The apron or carrierI is drivenb gears p g from the shaft K, and the gear p i connected with `the -gear j, and; is allowed to i l slide on shaft K, said gears p g havinga spiral spring, r, bearing them, which springyhasaz tendency to keep `the gear p engaged with the gear q free from the gear K.` By this means the apron or carrier J is preventedfrom discharging the cut grain or stalks until a suffi ,t l cient quantity has `been `discharged upon `itl from the apron or carrierI. These gears pq are moved or shifted` byla lever, L, which isJ within convenient reach ofthe driver on seatGr The platform His supported bya whee1M 7 at each end, and tothe front edge of theplat# s, i form H a finger-bar, N, is attached, provided; 3 with ngers s, in or through which a recipro-` eating .toothed sickle, O, works, said sickle` being driven by a rod, t, from the crank. wheel e.

In cutting standing corn guides P are at` n tached to the front edgel of the frame H, as l shown clearly in Fig. 1. 'lhese guides serve to guide the stalks inthehills to the teeth of n the sickle and ngers betweenthem.`

In cutting corn 1 propose to employasickle s with longer teeth than usual, and have the M teeth as well as the pgers incline upward,so` as to obtain an oblique out. (See Fig. 2.)

Q is a reel, which has itsbearings in adjust able standards R, to admit of being adjuste the former being f higher or lower, according to the height of the grain.

In cutting grass the endless aprons or carriers I J are, of course, not required; and in cutting grain an appropriate sickle 'may be applied,.the guides Pnot being` required. The cut grain or stalks fall upon the apron I, which conveys them upon the apron J, which, Whenever the driver actuates the lever Il, is put in motion and is made to discharge them.

The lever E is connected to the metallic frame C by means of a rod, u, and by adjusting this lever the sickle may be raised or lowered to out at the desired height from the surface of the ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

. Set forth.

e. M. rETERs, 3R.

Witnesses:

O. I). MEEKS, T. R. PETERS. 

